Movie Master

The number one seed in the awards season is hotly released?

This is the cover title of the latest issue of Variety magazine. As one of the most professional magazines in the Hollywood industry, Variety and Hollywood Reporter keep pace with each other, and their views can often be considered the most valuable voices in the industry. Not only because of their professionalism, but also because they are senior and know Hollywood's industry rules like the back of their hands, which naturally includes the love and preferences of the academy judges.

Michael Katenbach said at the beginning of this topic that although it is only October now, it is clear that the awards season has already been ignited. The Venice Film Festival and the Toronto Film Festival have come to an end one after another, and a batch of seeds of excellent reputation have been born. contestants, but none of those titles have yet landed in North America—Good Night and Good Luck is simply ignored, so their prospects for awards season are unclear at the moment. However, the emergence of Hard Fruit Candy began to disrupt the whole pattern.

This is exactly the topic dedicated to Fruit Hard Candy.

It is unimaginable that Variety magazine actually produced a special feature to report on Hard Candy. Just this action shows the strong influence of Lance on the West Coast today, and the disgust of Lance by the stubborn forces on the West Coast And the repulsion is no surprise.

Admittedly, this is not a work that the Academy would like, and strictly speaking, it is a work that is enough to anger the Academy judges. On Wednesday, 'Vanity Fair' held an in-house screening of 'Fruit Candy' at the Goldwyn Theater in Los Angeles , Only two hundred film critics, producers, and actors participated in the viewing, which caused disputes and chaos.

First of all, this is a very interesting thing. Since Fruit Candy has always insisted on the screening route, it is not impatient to wait for the expansion, and even the academy's public relations during the awards season are also less interested. So far, Chaos Pictures has not had any The movement, the direct result is that, as the stronghold of the Oscars, there are only a handful of viewers in the Los Angeles area who watched this work-no one should forget that there were only four media reviews before, in other words, even if People in the industry couldn't see this work, and many college judges were very indignant and expressed refusal to watch.

However, Chaos Films is still not in a hurry, and Lance is staying in New York, so he has no intention of responding.

Under such circumstances, Vanity Fair communicated with Landmark Cinemas and Chaos Films respectively, and initiated this internal test screening on its own initiative. On the one hand, it is to warm up the awards season, and on the other hand, it is to cater to hot spots. In addition, only a few people know that it is Warner Bros. who stand behind Vanity Fair. Stephen's name became popular, and then he waited for an opportunity to make Good Night and Good Luck see the light of day again. After all, this work was a well-deserved hit in the awards season before plagiarism.

Such methods are not uncommon in awards season, but no one can be sure whether Warner Bros.'s plan will succeed, or will they shoot themselves in the foot.

Thus, such an abnormal situation appeared: the main creative team of the film did not attend, but held an internal preview meeting of the school's public relations level, and it was held by a third party.

The internal test was a disaster, with Scott-Foundas pointing at the screen and yelling, 'Shame on you! It's unbearable! Disgusting! Porn! Garbage!' And Hope-Holiday (Hope-Holiday) said bluntly, 'I suffered two hours of torture just to watch such a movie? The whole movie is just repeated disgusting scenes!' Even Steven Leia couldn't hide his disgust, This is like an endless torment. It lacks the pure but complex plot of the city of God, and it doesn't have the deep and delicate layers of killing people with a knife. It's disgusting that the stunning, iconic style of Sin City is missing'.

In this feature, Variety magazine published the comments of as many as twenty-three viewers who participated in the internal preview screening, presenting their feedback clearly and intuitively. With such a bold and original choice, it can be seen that Variety magazine pays attention to hard candy.

Perhaps Lancelot Strelo should be thankful that he didn't show up at the scene, otherwise the scene would be even more terrifying and chaotic. But I can't help but start to think in reverse, why Strelo didn't attend the internal test Screenings? Why didn't Chaos Films look forward to awards season like other works of art? Further, why did 'Fruit Candy' always stick to the niche line of screenings? I'm reminded of Strelow in There is a saying in New York screening, 'This is an experimental film'. Perhaps, this is the answer.

Because Strelo knew, the academy judges wouldn't like it. I think that's why we can't have great movies.

Oscar will never go back to the golden age of the 1970s. Now all members of the Academy are cautious, conservative, and safe, although in the past few years, there have been A Beautiful Mind, Gladiator, and American Beauty. Excellent works, but all short-lived scenery. This film award seems to have begun to focus on works that show the kindness of humanity, just like the Annie Award.

Among the comments made by the 23 participants in the internal preview meeting, as many as ten expressed strong disgust, but there were also thirteen who were not stingy with their praise and love, and highly praised this work. There were even four people who brought up A Clockwork Orange and Stanley Kubrick. As if Oscar never liked Stanley Kubrick, every work of Lance is also uncovering the scars of the academy, but this time the hard candy seems to be beyond the bottom line.

The reason why the college judges hate hard candies is actually very simple. First, more than 70% of the judges in the college are white men over the age of 60. No man wants to see himself on the big screen. Being castrated; second, Hard Candy unscrupulously challenged the bottom line of law and morality. Both protagonists gave up formal means of justice and adopted inhumane methods to enforce their inner justice. This is like Iraq After the rumors of /abuse/prisoner came out, the White House tried every means to cover up the facts. No one likes their humanity and rights to be brutally trampled on, especially not to be blasphemy like Lance.

Finally, and most importantly, after the crime trilogy, Lance took a step closer this time, almost completely digging out the darkness of society, especially Jeff and Hayley are both representatives of the American middle class, and Lance Not only did Hayley escape punishment, but he also implied that Jeff rehabilitated himself, which seems to say that justice through legal means has no effect, and choosing violence to control violence is the reality of society. This kind of distorted values is infinitely magnified, and works with such incorrect views will naturally be treated with cold eyes. In addition, considering that Lance has had three consecutive works with a box office of over 200 million, this also means that Lance has influence on young people and the US box office market, so even if Hard Fruit is an experimental film, it is difficult to influence. Estimates, the judges are naturally more demanding.

Is 'Hard Candy' disgusting? Damn, this movie is so disgusting that I don't want to touch my wife for the next three days. Because this movie is the ultimate crime, is fetishism/pedophilia Isn't it disgusting? Is the process of punishing evil with justice innocent? Is the filth in the Iraq war less serious than hard candy? Oscar's mistake is that the judges believe that the film should reflect the ideal of life Instead of exploring the dark side of human nature, that's why we can't have great work.

'Hard Candies' is obviously not 'It's a Wonderful Life', but unfortunately, it's real enough to truly reflect the social status quo and explore social issues. That's what makes this work so wonderful.

This feature of Variety magazine directly aimed the spearhead at the academy, which can be described as shocking. It is even more intriguing to read it with reference to the just-released media review. In another section of the topic, Michael Katenbach analyzed the movie from another angle.

While everyone is lamenting the ten-minute long take and the deafening wave of reflection, no one should ignore the energy and spirit that these two actors have brought to this film.

Ellen Paige, the eighteen-year-old actress, gave an amazing performance, and the maturity, wisdom and control of the performance perfectly portrayed the role of Hailey, which was chilling and involuntary at the same time. Start thinking, what is the story behind Hailey? Under the cover of that punk exterior, the scarred soul elicits a sigh. This sharpness and depth have become the best part of the movie.

If Peggy was a huge surprise, then Lancelot Strelow once again shocked the world of every audience with a solid and delicate, restrained and powerful performance. There is no doubt that Strelo has brought out the essence of the performance to the fullest and with ease. 'Hard Candy' is a work with a restrained but rich lens language. Outside the limited space of the picture, the audience often needs to associate it by themselves. However, Strelo's performance perfectly interprets the picture outside the lens, even better than the lens. It should be more vivid, more shocking, and more crazy. The power of the eyes makes people think of Marlon Brando's peak period involuntarily.

The only thing that needs to be discussed now is whether Strelow is competing for best actor or best supporting actor this year. But there's no doubt that he'll be by far the top-seeded pick no matter which division is up for grabs. However, the question is, are the rigid, conservative, and conventional academy judges willing to lower their proud heads and face up to the 'hard candy'?